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The ex-merchant ship Bonhomme Richard, coming in the new series of Ship Packs. The fourth wave of Sails of Glory Ship Packs is now arriving in stores, with the 34-guns Mahonesa Class Frigates and the 64-guns Third Rate Ships-of-the-Line released in October, and the 80-guns Bucentaure / Tonnant Class Ships-of-the-Line and the East Indiamen Ex-Merchant Ships in distribution starting from November 17th. The new ships swell …

Card #2: wrong (left) and fixed(right). In the Sails of Glory Special Ship Pack HMS Victory, there’s a misprint on the #2 and #8 maneuver cards. The icons at the base of the cards are in reverse order: the Backing Sails symbol should be below the short maneuver arrow; the Full Sails symbol should be below the long maneuver arrow (see the wrong and the corrected …

The second iconic ship of the XIX Century featured in the Sails of Glory Special Ship Packs is the USS Constitution 1797 (1812) or “Old Ironsides,” the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy. This wooden hull, three-masted frigate was launched in 1797 to provide protection for American merchant ships from Barbary pirates’ attacks and French aggression, but she’s most known for her actions during the …

Two of the most famous ships of Napoleonic Wars, which have been eagerly awaited by Sails of Glory players, are arriving in the first Special Ship Packs: the British HMS Victory 1765 (1805) and the US USS Constitution 1797 (1812). In this article, we’ll learn more about the HMS Victory, the Three-Deck First Rate 100-gun Flagship for Lord Nelson’s at Trafalgar in 1805. The HMS Victory …

The Sails of Glory Rulebook has been updated with some few corrections and one addendum – see below. The new PDF file can be downloaded here. Combat, Page 14 (Correction) “All attacks are simultaneous and their effects are applied at the same time, no matter the type of attack.” Replaced with: “After players have announced their attacks (in no specific order), all attacks are resolved simultaneously. …